Panelists from Lawyers for Civil Rights, Massachusetts Voter Table and Worcester Interfaith spoke on the necessity for grouping residents in districts with the same vested interests.
Massachusetts is gearing up for a primary election unlike any the state has seen before. Voters are choosing their party’s U.S. Congress candidates Tuesday, while the state battles a pandemic and record unemployment rates.
“We believe that no one should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” Beth Huang, executive director of Massachusetts Voter Table, said. More than 35 states have modified their voting systems amid the pandemic. Find out how to navigate voting this year.
New Hampshire set a state party record Tuesday for voter turnout in a Democratic presidential primary. Massachusetts's turn to vote comes soon, and the question of turnout hangs in the air.
